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Experts argue about collars of this type: Did a Great Lakes native artist make it, using as a model an English lady’s pelerine and exotic feathers obtained through trade? Or was the collar created by a European feather worker, perhaps after seeing the spectacular feather capes of native Hawaiian royals who visited England in 1824? There are arguments for both views—and for further research.
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Document identity
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159329
label
Pelerine (Collar or Cape)
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159329
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Pelerine (Collar or Cape)
description
Experts argue about collars of this type: Did a Great Lakes native artist make it, using as a model an English lady’s pelerine and exotic feathers obtained through trade? Or was the collar created by a European feather worker, perhaps after seeing the spectacular feather capes of native Hawaiian royals who visited England in 1824? There are arguments for both views—and for further research.
date
c. 1830–1860
citation
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60759977
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Textile
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1
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import
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Overall (display): 78.7 x 63.5 x 22.9 cm (31 x 25 x 9 in.); Overall: 92.7 x 166.4 cm (36 1/2 x 65 1/2 in.)
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Northeastern Woodlands, Great Lakes/St. Lawrence River Region or Europe
accession
1996.14
Source extras
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Cotton, peacock feathers, guinea fowl feathers?, Gadwalls duck feathers
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Pelerine (Collar or Cape), c. 1830–1860. Northeastern Woodlands, Great Lakes/St. Lawrence River Region or Europe. Cotton, peacock feathers, guinea fowl feathers?, Gadwalls duck feathers; overall (display): 78.7 x 63.5 x 22.9 cm (31 x 25 x 9 in.); overall: 92.7 x 166.4 cm (36 1/2 x 65 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Textile Art Alliance in honor of their 60th Anniversary, 1996.14
collection
T - Native North American
citations
citation
Adams, Henry. <em>What's American about American art?: a gallery tour in the Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2008.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 15, & p. 20 - 21
citation
Young, Martha. "A Focus on Fiber." <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> 49, no. 10 (December 2009): 8-9.
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Mentioned and reproduced: p. 8
citation
Keefe, Anna Rose, "Forgotten Fashions: Feather Pelerines of the Nineteenth Century" (2016). Open Access Master's Theses. Paper 950.
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Gift of the Textile Art Alliance in honor of their 60th Anniversary
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2026-05-29 08:15:57.057000
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159329
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Textiles
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T - Native North American
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Cotton, peacock feathers, guinea fowl feathers?, Gadwalls duck feathers
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